then president obama will come in from the right. gov. romney from the left. they will shake hands and go back behind the podium. we will be on the way. between now and then, you can feel free to talk and do what ever noisy would like to make. once i sit down and i turnaround and say, ok, something to that the fact -- please. when they do come in, there is one exception. you can applaud. i will applaud. you can applaud then. and at the very and i will look at the prompter again and say goodbye to everybody and that we can all applaud. in between the, 90 minutes of wonderful, serious delightful silence. let's have a good time. [applause] >> good evening from the magness arena. i welcome you to the first presidential debate between president barack obama and the republican nominee mitt romney. this debate and the next three are sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. tonight's 90 minutes will be about domestic issues and will follow a format designed by the commission. there will be six 15-minute segments with two-minute answers for the first questi